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The Power and Price of Survival: Understanding Resilience, Stress, and Trauma

Book

6 January 2008

2nd Edition, 2011: A series of strength-based resources developed by Pamela Woll for the Great Lakes ATTC, to help prepare the civilian mental health and addiction treatment workforce to address post-deployment stress injuries. This series...

Demographic and Mental Health Characteristics of Individuals who Present to Community Health Clinics with Substance Misuse

Scientific article

25 October 2017

Abstract Introduction: Community health clinics (CHCs) are an opportune setting to identify and treat substance misuse. This study assessed the characteristics of patients who presented to a CHC with substance misuse. Methods: Personnel at...

Beyond Beds: The Vital Role of a Full Continuum of Psychiatric Care

Book

1 October 2017

Summary Nearly 10 million individuals in the United States are estimated to live with a diagnosable psychiatric condition sufficiently serious to impair their personal, social and economic functioning. Hardly a day goes by without a study...

Unmet Treatment Needs for People with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

Scientific article

14 October 2017

In the US, less than 10% of adults with co-occurring mental health problems and substance use disorders get treatment for both. 50% do not receive treatment for either. This highlights the vast discrepancy between the prevalence of co...

Brain, behavior and society: the revolution in the conception and mental illness care

17 October 2017

Mexico City

Mexico

Tuesday, October 17 / 11:00-12:30

Round table

Coordinator: María Elena Medina-Mora (ECN)

Brain, behavior and society, the revolution in the conception and mental illness care

Mental Health Training for Primary Health Care Workers and Implication for Success of Integration of Mental Health into Primary Care

Scientific article

12 October 2017

Abstract Background Mental disorders remain a neglected public health problem in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), most people with mental disorders never receive effective care and there is a large treatment gap. In order to solve...

World Mental Health Day 2017

News

Dhaka: World Mental Health Day Speakers at a press conference at Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) called for taking comprehensive steps for preventing the use of drugs among women, saying that drug addiction affects women's mental health as well...

Ahsania Mission Female Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre

Webinar: "Mental Health in the Workplace"

10 October 2017

Washington, DC

United States

10 October 2017: Webinar "Mental Health in the Workplace"

World Mental Health Day is an opportunity to discuss the mental health of employees, which is often not considered. The workplace is a very important setting to promote practices that support people with mental health problems and protect the well-being of all workers.

Dual Disorders: A New Way to Think about Addiction?

Scientific article

8 September 2017

Despite a growing evidence base and numerous policy changes, the association between addiction and other mental health problems is often ignored. It remains that many patients with Substance Use Disorder (SUDs) also have Other Psychiatric...

Webinar: Long Acting Injectables and Justice Involved Populations - Continuity of Mental Health and Addictions Treatment for Jail Inmates

7 September 2017

Webinar

United States

Navigating the complexities of the fragmented criminal justice and health care systems can be challenging for providers who treat the more than 50 percent of inmates who experience mental health and/or substance use disorders.